Lost River, True Story, Alex of Venice, Dior and I, Monkey Kingdom

Lost River

True Story



Alex of Venice

Dior and I



Monkey Kingdom (my rating)

Monkey Kingdom (Scruffies' rating)








Quick capsules on the week in film:

A.C.O.D.

That the terribly titled "A.C.O.D." (which stands for adult children of divorce) merits even the mildest recommendation is tribute to the comic genius of Catherine O'Hara and especially Richard Jenkins.

Smashed

"Smashed" is about a young elementary teacher who happens to be morbidly alcoholic. Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) scours the cabinets of the Highland Park home she shares with her dipso husband Charlie (hirtellous Aaron Gray), a freelance music critic with family money, for the last swig from any near-empty bottle. She takes a nip in the school parking lot, where her colleague Mr. Davies (Nick Offerman), himself a recovering alkie, catches her and without pressure offers to introduce her to his AA meeting.